Wesley Snipes in Custody

Wesley Snipes has been taken into custody by federal authorities -- and is "in transit" to a federal prison, where he will begin to serve his 3-year sentence for tax crimes ... TMZ has confirmed with the Federal Bureau of Prisons.



As we previously reported, a judge ordered Snipes to surrender earlier today ... after the actor spent years appealing a conviction on multiple tax evasion charges.

UPDATE: Under the terms of a court order, Snipes was to turn himself in to either the U.S. Marshals or the Federal Bureau of Prisons.